#236F9A#236F9A

#236F9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.099 H 238.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#236F9A
RGB	rgb(35, 111, 154)
HSL	hsl(202, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(202, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, -7.71, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 30.83, 255.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% -0.0521 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.099 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2080, 14.0579, 32.6356)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#236F9A #9A4E23

analogous

#239A8A #236F9A #23339A

triadic

#236F9A #9A236F #6F9A23

tetradic

#236F9A #8A239A #9A4E23 #339A23

square

#236F9A #8A239A #9A4E23 #339A23

split-complementary

#236F9A #9A2333 #9A8A23

monochromatic

#0C2736 #184B68 #236F9A #2E93CC #5DADDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#236F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#236F9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #236F9A

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##236F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##236F9A	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #236f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 111, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.099 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098b8',
    500: '#236f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #236f9a;
$custom-light: #7098b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#236f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.681,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51625,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#236F9A

secondary

#BF7E5A

accent

#7D42E6

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090D11

muted

#7B7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #236F9A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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